In 1960, a hardy group of prep school students boards an old-fashioned sailing ship. With Capt. Christopher Sheldon at the helm, the oceangoing voyage is intended to teach the boys fortitude and discipline. But the youthful crew are about to get some unexpected instruction in survival when they get caught in the clutches of a white squall storm.
Direction
Ridley Scott makes water his villain and wins.
Practical Effects
They actually built and sank this ship. Method filmmaking.
Acting
Jeff Bridges absolutely milks that skipper mustache.
Director
Ridley Scott
Jeff Bridges
Christopher 'Skipper' Sheldon
Caroline Goodall
Alice Sheldon
John Savage
McCrea
Scott Wolf
Chuck Gieg
Jeremy Sisto
Frank Beaumont
Ryan Phillippe
Gil Martin
David Lascher
Robert Marsh
Eric Michael Cole
Dean Preston
Jason Marsden
Shay Jennings
David Selby
Francis Beaumont
Julio Oscar Mechoso
Girard Pascal
Željko Ivanek
Sanders
Balthazar Getty
Tod Johnstone
Ethan Embry
Tracy Lapchick
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The actual Albatross ship that sank in 1961 was recovered and restored for filming, then deliberately sunk again for the storm sequence. Ridley Scott doesn't do CGI water.
This bombed hard in '96 because audiences wanted Independence Day, not crying teens in wet clothes. It's since become a secret cable TV cult object for millennials who caught it at 2am.
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